2009–10 Chicago Bulls season

2009–10 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach	Vinny Del Negro
General manager	Gar Forman
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena	United Center
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 3rd (Central) Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Eliminated 1st Round to Cleveland Cavaliers; 4-1
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN Chicago, WGN America, WGN, WCIU
Radio	WMVP

The 2009–10 Chicago Bulls season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

• June 25: The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 1: Start of the free agency period.

Offseason

On May 20, the Bulls promoted Gar Forman to General Manager. Former GM John Paxson accepted a new role as executive vice president of basketball operations.^[1] Forman's top priority for the offseason was to re-sign Ben Gordon.^[2] Ben Gordon signed with the Detroit Pistons on July 1, 2009.^[3]

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	16	James Johnson	F	United States	Wake Forest
1	26	Taj Gibson	F	United States	USC

Free agency

On July 13, 2009, the Bulls signed guard Jannero Pargo to a one-year deal, helping to fill the void Ben Gordon made in leaving the team.^[4] On July 14, the Bulls re-signed guard Lindsey Hunter with a one-year contract.^[5]

Regular season summary

On January 25, 2010, the Bulls traded center Aaron Gray for guard Devin Brown of the New Orleans Hornets. On February 18, 2010, the Bulls traded guard John Salmons for forwards Hakim Warrick and Joe Alexander of the Milwaukee Bucks. Meanwhile, the Bulls traded forward Tyrus Thomas for guards Ronald Murray and Acie Law of the Charlotte Bobcats.^[6]

Roster

Chicago Bulls roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 20 Alexander, Joe (IN) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) West Virginia G/F 32 Brown, Devin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Texas–San Antonio F 9 Deng, Luol (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Duke F 22 Gibson, Taj 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Southern California G 12 Hinrich, Kirk (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kansas F 16 Johnson, James 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Wake Forest F 31 Kurz, Rob (IN) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Notre Dame G 0 Law, Acie (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Texas A&M F/C 52 Miller, Brad 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 261 lb (118 kg) Purdue G 6 Murray, Ronald 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Shaw F/C 13 Noah, Joakim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Florida G 2 Pargo, Jannero 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arkansas F/C 35 Richard, Chris 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 256 lb (116 kg) Florida G 1 Rose, Derrick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Memphis F/C 21 Warrick, Hakim 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) Syracuse	Head coach Vinny Del Negro (North Carolina State) Assistant coach(es) Bernie Bickerstaff (San Diego) Bob Ociepka (Quincy College) Pete Myers (Arkansas–Little Rock) Mike Wilhelm (Southampton) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Pre-season

2009 pre-season game log
October: 5–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 2 @Indiana Pacers 104–95 11,255 (Indianapolis, USA) 1–0 recap 2 October 6 Utah Jazz 102–101 18,689 (London, UK) 2–0 recap 3 October 10 Milwaukee Bucks 86–98 5,642 (Milwaukee, USA) 2–1 recap 4 October 13 @Milwaukee Bucks 87–86 18,119 (Chicago, USA) 3–1 recap 5 October 14 Minnesota Timberwolves 99–94 11,955 (Minneapolis, USA) 4–1 recap 6 October 19 @Orlando Magic 98–101 20,688 (Chicago, USA) 4–2 recap 7 October 23 @Washington Wizards 93–70 20,981 (Chicago, USA) 5–2 recap
2009–10 pre-season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
z-Cleveland Cavaliers	61	21	.744	–	35–6	26–15	12–4
x-Milwaukee Bucks	46	36	.561	17	28–13	18–23	10–6
x-Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	22	24–17	17–24	10–6
Indiana Pacers	32	50	.390	29	23–18	9–32	6–10
Detroit Pistons	27	55	.329	34	17–24	10–31	2–14

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Cleveland Cavaliers	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	2
3	x-Atlanta Hawks	53	29	.646	8
4	y-Boston Celtics	50	32	.610	11
5	x-Miami Heat	47	35	.573	14
6	x-Milwaukee Bucks	46	36	.561	15
7	x-Charlotte Bobcats	44	38	.537	17
8	x-Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	20
9	Toronto Raptors	40	42	.488	21
10	Indiana Pacers	32	50	.390	29
11	New York Knicks	29	53	.354	32
12	Detroit Pistons	27	55	.329	34
13	Philadelphia 76ers	27	55	.329	34
14	Washington Wizards	26	56	.317	35
15	New Jersey Nets	12	70	.146	49

Game log

2009–10 game log Total: 41–41 (Home: 24–17; Road: 17–24)
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 29 San Antonio W 92–85 Luol Deng (17) Joakim Noah (10) Derrick Rose (10) United Center 21,412 1–0 2 October 30 @ Boston L 90–118 Joakim Noah (16) Joakim Noah (10) Kirk Hinrich (7) TD Garden 18,624 1–1
November: 5–8 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–7) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 1 @ Miami L 87–95 Luol Deng (26) Luol Deng (8) Derrick Rose (5) American Airlines Arena 15,865 1–2 4 November 3 Milwaukee W 83–81 Luol Deng (24) Luol Deng (20) Derrick Rose (5) United Center 19,789 2–2 5 November 5 @ Cleveland W 86–85 Luol Deng (15) Joakim Noah (11) Derrick Rose (11) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 3–2 6 November 7 Charlotte W 93–90 John Salmons (27) Joakim Noah (16) Kirk Hinrich (7) United Center 21,108 4–2 7 November 10 Denver L 89–90 Derrick Rose (22) Joakim Noah (21) Luol Deng, John Salmons, Derrick Rose (7) United Center 21,409 4–3 8 November 11 @ Toronto L 88–99 Luol Deng, Taj Gibson (18) Joakim Noah (11) Derrick Rose (6) Air Canada Centre 16,310 4–4 9 November 14 Philadelphia W 94–88 Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich (19) Joakim Noah (12) Kirk Hinrich (7) United Center 21,837 5–4 10 November 17 @ Sacramento W 101–87 John Salmons (23) Joakim Noah (14) Derrick Rose (7) ARCO Arena 12,634 6–4 11 November 19 @ Los Angeles L 93–108 Derrick Rose (20) Joakim Noah (15) Derrick Rose (6) Staples Center 18,997 6–5 12 November 21 @ Denver L 93–108 Derrick Rose (28) Taj Gibson (12) Kirk Hinrich (5) Pepsi Center 15,823 6–6 13 November 23 @ Portland L 98–122 Luol Deng (25) Joakim Noah (8) Derrick Rose (5) Rose Garden 20,383 6–7 14 November 26 @ Utah L 86–105 Luol Deng (25) Joakim Noah (9) John Salmons (5) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 6–8 15 November 30 @ Milwaukee L 97–99 John Salmons (23) Joakim Noah (17) Derrick Rose (7) Bradley Center 13,684 6–9
December: 7–8 (Home: 6–5; Road: 1–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 16 December 2 Detroit W 92–85 John Salmons (22) Joakim Noah (14) Derrick Rose, Brad Miller (6) United Center 21,523 7–9 17 December 4 @ Cleveland L 87–101 Taj Gibson (14) Taj Gibson (13) Derrick Rose (7) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 7–10 18 December 5 Toronto L 78–110 John Salmons, Jannero Pargo (13) Joakim Noah (7) Derrick Rose (5) United Center 20,481 7–11 19 December 8 New Jersey L 101–103 Luol Deng, Derrick Rose (27) Luol Deng, Joakim Noah (9) Derrick Rose (10) United Center 17,872 7–12 20 December 9 @ Atlanta L 83–118 Derrick Rose (19) Joakim Noah (11) Derrick Rose (7) Philips Arena 16,808 7–13 21 December 11 Golden State W 96–91 (OT) Luol Deng (21) Joakim Noah (14) Luol Deng (6) United Center 18,803 8–13 22 December 12 Boston L 80–106 Derrick Rose (19) Joakim Noah (13) John Salmons (9) United Center 21,257 8–14 23 December 15 L.A. Lakers L 87–96 Luol Deng, Derrick Rose (21) Joakim Noah (20) Derrick Rose, Brad Miller (6) United Center 21,416 8–15 24 December 17 New York W 98–89 Luol Deng (24) Luol Deng (13) Derrick Rose (6) United Center 19,791 9–15 25 December 19 Atlanta W 101–98 (OT) Derrick Rose (32) Luol Deng (12) Derrick Rose, Luol Deng (6) United Center 21,381 10–15 26 December 21 Sacramento L 98–102 Luol Deng (26) Joakim Noah (10) Derrick Rose (7) United Center 19,631 10–16 27 December 22 @ New York L 81–88 Derrick Rose (26) Joakim Noah (21) Derrick Rose (4) Madison Square Garden 19,763 10–17 28 December 26 New Orleans W 96–85 Tyrus Thomas (21) Joakim Noah (18) Derrick Rose (9) United Center 22,008 11–17 29 December 29 Indiana W 104–95 Derrick Rose (28) Tyrus Thomas (15) Derrick Rose (6) United Center 21,887 12–17 30 December 31 @ Detroit W 98–97 Derrick Rose (22) Joakim Noah (21) Kirk Hinrich (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 13–17
January: 10–5 (Home: 4–1; Road: 6–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 31 January 2 Orlando W 101–93 Derrick Rose (30) Taj Gibson (12) Derrick Rose (7) United Center 21,162 14–17 32 January 4 Oklahoma L 85–98 Derrick Rose (19) Joakim Noah (14) Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich (7) United Center 18,838 14–18 33 January 5 @ Charlotte L 108–113 Derrick Rose (24) Luol Deng (9) Derrick Rose (9) Time Warner Cable Arena 13,749 14–19 34 January 8 @ Milawaukee L 93–96 Derrick Rose (25) Joakim Noah (18) Derrick Rose (9) Bradley Center 18,717 14–20 35 January 9 Minnesota W 110–96 Joakim Noah, Kirk Hinrich (20) Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson (9) Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich (7) United Center 20,255 15–20 36 January 11 Detroit W 120–87 Luol Deng (27) Joakim Noah (11) Derrick Rose (9) United Center 21,014 16–20 37 January 14 @ Boston W 96–83 Luol Deng (25) Joakim Noah (11) Kirk Hinrich (6) TD Garden 18,624 17–20 38 January 15 Washington W 121–119 (2OT) Derrick Rose (37) Joakim Noah (15) Derrick Rose (6) United Center 20,304 18–20 39 January 18 @ Golden State L 97–114 John Salmons (37) Joakim Noah (16) Derrick Rose, John Salmons, Jannero Pargo (4) Oracle Arena 19,208 18–21 40 January 20 @ L.A. Clippers L 97–104 Derrick Rose (23) Joakim Noah (15) Derrick Rose (7) Staples Center 16,794 18–22 41 January 22 @ Phoenix W 115–104 Derrick Rose (32) Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson (8) Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich (5) US Airways Center 18422 19–22 42 January 23 @ Houston W 104–97 Brad Miller (25) Taj Gibson (14) Kirk Hinrich (7) Toyota Center 18,119 20–22 43 January 25 @ San Antonio W 98–95 Derrick Rose (27) Luol Deng (9) Derrick Rose (6) AT&T Center 18,581 21–22 44 January 27 @ Oklahoma W 96–86 Derrick Rose (26) Taj Gibson (15) Derrick Rose (7) Ford Center 17,562 22–22 45 January 29 @ New Orleans W 108–106 (OT) Luol Deng (26) Joakim Noah (18) Kirk Hinrich (6) New Orleans Arena 16,578 23–22
February: 8–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 46 February 2 L.A. Clippers L 82–90 Luol Deng (18) Tyrus Thomas (9) Derrick Rose (4) United Center 19,335 23–23 47 February 3 @ Philadelphia L 103–106 Derrick Rose (30) Luol Deng (11) Derrick Rose (9) Wachovia Center 13,295 23–24 48 February 5 @ Atlanta L 81–91 Luol Deng (20) Kirk Hinrich (9) Derrick Rose (6) Philips Arena 18,729 23–25 49 February 6 Miami W 95–91 Luol Deng (25) Brad Miller (8) John Salmons (5) United Center 22,352 24–25 50 February 9 @ Indiana W 109–101 Luol Deng (23) Luol Deng (11) Derrick Rose (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 12,945 25–25 51 February 10 Orlando L 87–107 Luol Deng (23) Luol Deng (7) Kirk Hinrich, Tyrus Thomas (4) United Center 21,566 25–26 52 February 16 New York W 118–85 Derrick Rose (29) Taj Gibson (10) Kirk Hinrich, Derrick Rose, John Salmons (6) United Center 20,989 26–26 53 February 17 @ New York W 115–109 Derrick Rose (27) Taj Gibson (16) Derrick Rose (6) Madison Square Garden 19,763 27–26 54 February 19 @ Minnesota W 100–94 Kirk Hinrich (20) Brad Miller (10) Kirk Hinrich, Derrick Rose (5) Target Center 18,183 28–26 55 February 20 Philadelphia W 122–90 Taj Gibson (20) Taj Gibson (13) Derrick Rose (6) United Center 22,147 29–26 56 February 22 @ Washington L 95–101 Derrick Rose (22) Taj Gibson (8) Derrick Rose (6) Verizon Center 14,113 29-27 57 February 24 Indiana W 120–110 Luol Deng (31) Taj Gibson (11) Derrick Rose (8) United Center 20,363 30-27 58 February 26 Portland W 115–111 (OT) Derrick Rose (33) Joakim Noah (11) Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich, Joakim Noah (4) United Center 21,508 31-27 59 February 27 @ Indiana L 90–100 Derrick Rose (27) Luol Deng (18) Derrick Rose (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 31-28
March: 4–11 (Home: 2–7; Road: 2–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1 Atlanta L 92–116 Derrick Rose (24) Taj Gibson (13) Kirk Hinrich (6) United Center 19,011 31-29 61 March 4 Memphis L 96–105 Luol Deng (23) Brad Miller (7) Kirk Hinrich (4) United Center 19,187 31-30 62 March 6 Dallas L 116–122 Derrick Rose (34) Taj Gibson (11) Derrick Rose (8) United Center 21,737 31-31 63 March 9 Utah L 108–132 Derrick Rose (25) Kirk Hinrich, Hakim Warrick (5) Derrick Rose (13) United Center 18,451 31-32 64 March 11 @ Orlando L 82–111 James Johnson (13) Taj Gibson (9) Kirk Hinrich (6) Amway Arena 17,461 31-33 65 March 12 @ Miami L 95–108 James Johnson, Jannero Pargo (20) Brad Miller (11) Kirk Hinrich (6) AmericanAirlines Arena 19,600 31-34 66 March 16 @ Memphis L 97–104 Ronald Murray (25) Brad Miller (11) Jannero Pargo (8) FedEx Forum 15,413 31-35 67 March 17 @ Dallas L 106–113 Acie Law (22) Chris Richard (9) Brad Miller, Jannero Pargo (4) American Airlines Center 20,406 31-36 68 March 19 Cleveland L 85–92 Taj Gibson (20) Taj Gibson (13) Kirk Hinrich (11) United Center 23,129 31-37 69 March 20 @ Philadelphia W 98–84 Derrick Rose (23) Taj Gibson (7) Kirk Hinrich (11) Wachovia Center 16,098 32-37 70 March 22 Houston W 98–88 Derrick Rose (27) Brad Miller, Taj Gibson (12) Derrick Rose (8) United Center 19,834 33-37 71 March 25 Miami L 74–103 Hakim Warrick (14) Taj Gibson (10) Derrick Rose (5) United Center 21,592 33-38 72 March 27 New Jersey W 106–83 Jannero Pargo (27) Taj Gibson (13) Derrick Rose (9) United Center 20,592 34-38 73 March 28 @ Detroit W 110–103 Ronald Murray (23) Taj Gibson (10) Derrick Rose (9) Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 35-38 74 March 30 Phoenix L 105–111 Ronald Murray, Derrick Rose (23) Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson (10) Derrick Rose (10) United Center 21,169 35-39
April: 6–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 3–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 2 @ Washington W 95–87 Derrick Rose (24) Taj Gibson (16) Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich (5) Verizon Center 18,002 36-39 76 April 3 Charlotte W 96–88 Derrick Rose (26) Joakim Noah (16) Brad Miller (5) United Center 20,996 37-39 77 April 6 Milwaukee L 74–79 Luol Deng (16) Joakim Noah (11) Derrick Rose (11) United Center 20,268 37-40 78 April 8 Cleveland W 109–108 Derrick Rose (24) Joakim Noah (15) Derrick Rose (10) United Center 21,707 38-40 79 April 9 @ New Jersey L 116–127 Brad Miller (27) Brad Miller (10) Kirk Hinrich (9) Izod Center 15,909 38-41 80 April 11 @ Toronto W 104–88 Derrick Rose (26) Joakim Noah (19) Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah (7) Air Canada Centre 19,515 39-41 81 April 13 Boston W 101–93 Derrick Rose (39) Joakim Noah (16) Derrick Rose (7) United Center 20,649 40-41 82 April 14 @ Charlotte W 98–89 Derrick Rose (27) Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson (13) Derrick Rose (5) Time Warner Cable Arena 17,439 41-41
2009–10 season schedule

Playoffs

The Bulls managed to clinch the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference over the Toronto Raptors near the final day of the regular season. This marked the fifth time in six years Chicago has made the playoffs. With the lowest seed they faced the number one ranked Cleveland Cavaliers. Poised to win a championship LeBron James and the Cavs defeated the Bulls 4 games to 1 with the over-matched Bulls making a valiant effort in game 5, losing 96-94.

Game log

2010 playoff game log Total: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
First Round: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 17 @ Cleveland L 83–96 Derrick Rose (28) Kirk Hinrich, Joakim Noah (8) Derrick Rose (10) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 0-1 2 April 19 @ Cleveland L 102–112 Joakim Noah (25) Joakim Noah (13) Derrick Rose (8) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 0-2 3 April 22 Cleveland W 108–106 Derrick Rose (31) Joakim Noah (15) Derrick Rose (7) United Center 22,991 1-2 4 April 25 Cleveland L 98–121 Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose (21) Joakim Noah (20) Derrick Rose (5) United Center 22,991 1-3 5 April 27 @ Cleveland L 94–96 Derrick Rose (31) Taj Gibson (11) Derrick Rose (6) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 1-4
2010 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Joe Alexander^1	8	0	3.6	.167	.000	.667	.6	.3	.1	.1	.5
Devin Brown^1	11	0	8.5	.222	.235	.000	1.4	.6	.3	.1	1.8
Luol Deng	70	69	37.9	.466	.386	.764	7.3	2.0	.9	.9	17.6
Taj Gibson	82	70	26.9	.494	0.0	.646	7.5	0.9	0.6	1.3	9.0
Kirk Hinrich	74	53	33.5	.409	.371	.752	3.5	4.5	1.2	.3	10.9
James Johnson	65	11	11.6	.452	.326	.729	2.0	.7	.3	.7	3.9
Acie Law^1	12	1	11.3	.467	.333	.741	1.2	1.3	.3	.0	5.5
Brad Miller	82	37	23.8	.430	.280	.827	4.9	1.9	.5	.4	8.8
Ronald Murray^1	29	1	23.4	.397	.311	.762	2.9	1.8	.6	.1	10.1
Joakim Noah	64	54	30.1	.504	.000	.744	11.0	2.1	.5	1.6	10.7
Jannero Pargo	63	5	13.2	.346	.275	.933	1.2	1.4	.5	.0	5.5
Chris Richard	18	0	12.4	.517	.000	.636	3.3	.4	.4	.2	2.1
Derrick Rose	78	78	36.8	.489	.267	.766	3.8	6.0	.7	.4	20.8
Hakim Warrick^1	28	0	19.0	.483	.000	.755	3.6	.6	.2	.3	8.7

¹Stats with the Bulls.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Joe Alexander	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	0
Devin Brown	1	0	2.0	1.000	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0
Luol Deng	5	5	40.6	.463	.083	.731	5.0	1.4	1.4	.8	18.8
Taj Gibson	5	5	29.0	.421	0.0	.545	7.0	.6	.2	.8	7.6
Kirk Hinrich	5	5	39.2	.423	.500	.714	4.4	4.0	1.4	.0	12.4
James Johnson	4	0	5.0	.000	.000	.000	.3	.3	.0	.0	.0
Acie Law	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	0
Brad Miller	5	0	18.6	.370	.000	1.000	3.6	.8	.0	.0	5.4
Ronald Murray	5	0	19.4	.405	.333	1.000	2.6	2.0	.4	.0	8.4
Joakim Noah	5	5	36.6	.528	.000	.947	13.0	2.6	1.4	1.4	14.8
Jannero Pargo	2	0	4.0	.200	.500	.000	.0	.5	.0	.0	1.5
Chris Richard	2	0	2.5	.000	.000	.000	1.5	.0	.0	.0	.0
Derrick Rose	5	5	42.4	.471	.333	.777	3.2	7.2	.8	.0	26.0
Hakim Warrick	3	0	10.3	.182	.000	.833	1.7	.0	.0	.0	3.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

• Joakim Noah was named the Bulls CDW/HP Solutions Player of the Month for November.^[7]
• Derrick Rose was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of December 28.^[8]
• Derrick Rose was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for April. During this month, he averaged 25.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 7 assists.^[9]

All-Star

• Derrick Rose selected to Eastern Conference All-Star Team as a reserve.

Season

• Taj Gibson was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.^[10]

Milestones

First team to win five consecutive games over opponents over .500 on the road

Injuries and surgeries

• On September 29, Aaron Gray suffered a stress fracture of his left fibula. This was determined after he developed a lower leg pain the week of September 26 and he was projected to miss six-eight weeks.^[11][12] On November 16, Gray, still out because of the stress fracture, was admitted to the hospital because of fluid build-up in his right knee.^[13] Gray returned to the line-up to make his season début November 26 against the Utah Jazz.^[14]
• On November 6, Tyrus Thomas fractured his left radius during a weight training session. He underwent surgery on November 7 and is projected to miss four to six weeks of the season.^[12][15]
• On November 25, Kirk Hinrich sprained his left thumb during practice. Though initially feared to be a similar injury the previous season where he tore the ligaments of his right thumb, an MRI and subsequent examinations confirmed it to only be a sprain and he will only miss one to two weeks.^[16][17]

Transactions

Chicago Bulls

Players Added Via Draft James Johnson Taj Gibson Via Free Agency Jannero Pargo (From Greece) Lindsey Hunter (From Re-signed) Via Trade Joe Alexander (From Bucks) Hakim Warrick (From Bucks)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Ben Gordon (To Pistons) Waived Anthony Roberson Via Buyout Tim Thomas Via Trade John Salmons (To Bucks)

See also

• 2009–10 NBA season

References

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11. K.C. Johnson (September 29, 2009). "Stress fracture sidelines Bulls' Gray". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
12. Bulls.com (November 16, 2009). "Athletico Injury Report". Bulls.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2009.
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14. John Jackson (November 28, 2009). "Blown-away Bulls lineup limps back home". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
15. "Tyrus Thomas out 4-6 weeks with broken arm". Bulls.com. November 6, 2009. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
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External links

• 2009–10 Chicago Bulls season at Basketball Reference
• 2009–10 Chicago Bulls season at ESPN